unclanrhino
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Hello all, and thanks in advance for your help!
A day after a neighbor's sandy field was plowed, this guy comes stumbling into our yard... We have posted him on fidoalert and other lost pet places with no response. We are going to keep him unless someone comes forward... In which case we will buy another one because apparently tortoises are awesome and our family loves 'em...!
We have 1/2 acre of land and have much experience with animals ranging from ducks, bearded dragons, chickens, rabbits, snakes, etc. etc. but never a tortoise!!! We have already made him a ~8x8 fully enclosed, walk-in, open-air enclosure, and are working on making it a complete habitat with flagstone, small shallow pond, underground hideout, and live plants to graze on.
Questions:
1) It's a male for sure, and we're 80% sure it's a Russian... Is it?
2) Is there a way to estimate how old it might be?
3) We caught him chomping on our yellow African capeweed flowers (leaves seen in background of picture)... Is capeweed good for these guys or should we be worried?
4) We have not a name yet, if anyone can think of a good one!?
A day after a neighbor's sandy field was plowed, this guy comes stumbling into our yard... We have posted him on fidoalert and other lost pet places with no response. We are going to keep him unless someone comes forward... In which case we will buy another one because apparently tortoises are awesome and our family loves 'em...!
We have 1/2 acre of land and have much experience with animals ranging from ducks, bearded dragons, chickens, rabbits, snakes, etc. etc. but never a tortoise!!! We have already made him a ~8x8 fully enclosed, walk-in, open-air enclosure, and are working on making it a complete habitat with flagstone, small shallow pond, underground hideout, and live plants to graze on.
Questions:
1) It's a male for sure, and we're 80% sure it's a Russian... Is it?
2) Is there a way to estimate how old it might be?
3) We caught him chomping on our yellow African capeweed flowers (leaves seen in background of picture)... Is capeweed good for these guys or should we be worried?
4) We have not a name yet, if anyone can think of a good one!?